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Highest Paid Occupations
Los Angeles County, 1st Quarter, 2006

Rank

Occupation

Hourly Mean Wage

1

Psychiatrists

$92.89

2

Obstetricians and
Gynecologists

$86.93

3

Chief Executives

$82.80

4

Surgeons

$82.27

5

Orthodontists

$80.98

6

Internists, General

$78.74

7

Pediatricians,
General

$76.02

8

Physicians and
Surgeons, All Other

$71.68

9

Lawyers

$65.74

10

Dentists, General

$64.05

11

Broadcast News
Analysts

$61.42

12

Engineering
Managers

$56.83

13

Computer and
Information Systems Managers

$56.01

14

Computer and
Information Scientists, Research

$55.53

15

Administrative Law
Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Commissioners

$55.25

16

General and
Operations Managers

$53.92

17

Marketing Managers

$53.75

18

Sales Managers

$51.26

19

Financial Managers

$50.94

20

Veterinarians

$50.14

21

Actuaries

$49.96

22

Physicists

$49.42

23

Legal Occupations

$48.65

24

Public Relations
Managers

$48.25

25

Management
Occupations

$48.02

Note: in previous years,
Anesthesiologists had mean hourly wages of more than $100, making this the
top earning occupation. Data was not available for this occupation,
however, for the first quarter of 2006.

In 2007, three of the highest paid
public figures in Los Angeles County were the General Manager,
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (annual salary of
$329,800), the chief executive of the
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority ($302,375),
and the Los Angeles Police Chief
($300,442). That same year, the Superintendent of Los Angeles
Unified School District earned
$300,000, the Mayor of Los Angeles earned $223,141, the
Sheriff of Los Angeles County earned
$259,587, and the Los Angeles City Librarian earned $200,573.